NEW YORK: Maverick Hollywood actor Harrison Ford will next be starring next in a true-life drama based on the book authored by Pulitzer Prize winning Indian American journalist/author Geeta Anand, according to Variety magazine.

Ford is moving from battling communists as Indiana Jones to fighting diseases as a scientist for his next big screen project - Crowley - inspired by a Wall Street Journal article and subsequent book, "The Cure", by Geeta Anand.

The CBS Films' drama, which Tom Vaughan ("What Happens in Vegas") is in negotiations to direct, is based on the true story of John and Aileen Crowley, whose two children had a rare genetic disorder.

Rather than give up hope that nothing could help his children, John Crowley found a researcher (to be played by Ford) with a potential cure. Ford also will executive produce the film. According to the magazine, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher ("The World Trade Center") are producing alongside Carla Shamberg. Robert Nelson Jacobs ("The Water Horse," "Chocolat") wrote the screenplay. Variety says CBS is fast-tracking the project and is eyeing a start date as soon as possible.

CBS Films' proxy-CEO Amy Baer says, "This is a story that has universal, relatable themes -- particularly the lengths parents would go to protect their kids." Shamberg and Sher had earlier seen success bringing another true story to the bigscreen via "Erin Brockovich". Ford next stars opposite Sean Penn in the immigration drama "Crossing Over".